Smart Glasses Strap On ARNews & Analysis 6/10/2015 Post a commentEmerging technologies like AR comes with a series of challenges and opportunities, executives from smart glasses and AR device companies said during a session. Still, as additional use cases develop the possibilities are endless.

Intel, Altera: Math in QuestionNews & Analysis 6/1/2015 35 commentsAnalysts said Intel and FPGA vendor Altera will see benefits from their $16.7 billion merger, but question the math and assumptions behind the deal.

SoC RTL Signoff: Divide & Conquer with Abstract ModelsBlog 6/1/2015 Post a commentOne of the fastest, easiest, and most effective methods to detect and remove bugs early in the design phase, is to run lint checks on the RTL. Besides coding guidelines, these tools catch issues related to simulation, synthesis, and place & route. A robust lint methodology reduces long and costly iterations between RTL design and downstream verification and implementation.

FPGAs Ride HP’s MoonshotNews & Analysis 5/28/2015 18 commentsSRC Computers announced a new FPGA server card that Hewlett-Packard will sell as an option for its processor-agnostic Moonshot servers.

Visualizing Better Protocol DebugBlog 5/6/2015 Post a commentThe many wheels of technology, as much as we’d like them to, don’t move ahead in lockstep fashion. Sometimes the demands of one technology outrun the benefits of an enabling technology.

Moore’s on at 28nmBlog 5/5/2015 19 commentsMoore’s Law is not ending soon, yet it is not going to be the simple brute-force x0.7 dimensional scaling that dominated the industry for the last 5 decades.

Lattice Deal: Harbinger of FPGA & ASSP UnionNews & Analysis 5/1/2015 2 commentsLattice CEO, after its acquisition of Silicon Image in March, believes the marriage of FPGA company to an ASSP firm is a match made in heaven. He said, “That’s why Intel wants Altera. It’s obvious.” But is it?

Industrial IoT Drives Microsemi-Vitesse MergerNews & Analysis 3/18/2015 Post a commentMicrosemi Corp. will acquire Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. for $389 million to focus on “communications semiconductors.” On horizon is the MIPS vs. ARM conflict as the two companies use two diverging processor cores of their product lines.

Software Radio Debuts at MWC News & Analysis 2/10/2015 15 commentsUK-based Cambridge Consultants developed an all-digital radio transmitter using off-the-shelf chips that could cost less than $1, aimed at conserving precious spectrum.

Tabula Set for March ShutdownNews & Analysis 1/30/2015 8 commentsProgrammable logic company Tabula is rumored to be closing its doors on March 24. Tabula garnered industry interest with a unique 12-level FPGA architecture that dramatically shortened interconnects.

FPGA Debug Goes Outside with New HardwareNews & Analysis 1/30/2015 2 commentsFor 10 years, Belgium company Byte Paradigm has operated as a design center for high-end FPGA-based systems as well as an electronics test and debugging service. Under a new name Yugo Systems, the company is about to expand its offering for FPGA debug.

Drone Debate to Pose 6 Basic QuestionsNews & Analysis 1/20/2015 43 commentsDrones are gaining the public’s growing interest in the new product category and its awareness about pending regulations. The drone panel at CES raised six basic questions you were afraid to ask.

Startup Raises Ante in CommsNews & Analysis 12/30/2014 9 commentsWireless technology that MagnaCom will demo at CES next week provides the equivalent of QAM-16384, a 40% improvement in spectral efficiency over today's best systems.

Exclusive NIST Tour Shows Off Quantum Physics' ARTIQSlideshow 12/5/2014 1 commentIn part one of an exclusive interview, the National Institute for Science and Technology explains ARTIQ (Advanced Real-Time Infrastructure for Quantum physics) -- an open-source control system for laser-cooled trapped ion experiments.

Startup to Open Source Parallel CPUNews & Analysis 11/24/2014 55 commentsRex Computing plans a parallel processor that could deliver a 10x leap in performance/watt. It will open source the design through Facebook's Open Compute Project.

IC Industry Slowdown: True or False?News & Analysis 10/15/2014 10 commentsDid Microchip Technology get ahead of itself by suggesting that its downward revenue forecast was a negative bellwether for the whole semiconductor market? Or is there a macro-economic weakness that bodes ill for the chip industry?

What's in a Name?Blog 10/6/2014 Post a commentWhat is it about numbering systems for products? There seems to be a desire to make a chronology fit a marketing strategy, but it can be a tricky business.

4 Reasons for Intel's $1.5 Billion Bet in ChinaNews & Analysis 9/26/2014 20 commentsChina's quest to expand its domestic semiconductor industry suddenly looks more realistic and even winnable now that Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in Tsinghua Unigroup.

In conjunction with unveiling of EE Times’ Silicon 60 list, journalist & Silicon 60 researcher Peter Clarke hosts a conversation on startups in the electronics industry. One of Silicon Valley's great contributions to the world has been the demonstration of how the application of entrepreneurship and venture capital to electronics and semiconductor hardware can create wealth with developments in semiconductors, displays, design automation, MEMS and across the breadth of hardware developments. But in recent years concerns have been raised that traditional venture capital has turned its back on hardware-related startups in favor of software and Internet applications and services. Panelists from incubators join Peter Clarke in debate.